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More Jataka Tales. Link to reading.
Author: Ellen C. Babbitt
the girl monkey and the string of pearls
queen getting in lake w king, giving servant her pearls sees a girl money in trees, wanting to snatch the pearls
someone lesser or below you wanting what you have, envy, jealousy, theft
guard falls asleep perfect time for monkey to swoop in
guard suspects girl monkeys - cover being blown
all the monkeys got the bead traps, made jealous girl monkey come out with her pearls, green and pride and jealousy for the L
caught
the three fishes
thoughtful, very thoughtful, and thoughtless were their names
leave home to go somewhere else, VT says should go back
cautious sibling.
of course they don’t listen and get caught in a net
VT wants to save them, so mad at someone for being an idiot, but having to save them bc you love them
yay
after that they listened and all went home
the tricky wolf and the rats
big rat is chief
tricky wolf is gonna catch them, waits then plays tricks on rats so they will have sympathy to eat him
deceit, trickery, mean
ate last one out every time
selfish, deceitful
whah chief rat tricked and bit his neck and killed wolf
sneak attack, least expecting it, student outsmarts the master
the woodpecker, turtle, and deer
friends
deer trapped by hunter, ugh
woodpecker suggests turtle gnawing at trap
friends helping friends no matter what the risk
woodpecker flew to hunters house and hit him in the face when he came out
team work
woodpecker outsmarting hunter
turtle bleeding but deer breaks free just in time
turtle got caught :(
deer wants to save him
saved him, get away from hunter live happily together
happily ever after story **
the golden goose
poor fam, goose gives her golden feathers
charity, kindness
greedy mourned the golden feathers
greed never wins - theme and lesson
the stupid monkeys
no
the penny-wise monkey
aw king was gonna take over a little kingdom, saw a monkey drop peas and lose all of them over one
learned a lesson from the monkey
decided to be grateful for what he had and went back home i could definitely make something of this
the woodpecker and the lion
lion bone stuck in throat while eating
offers to save life but is too scared to get eaten, lion says he won’t eat him
woodpecker got it out, but lion didn’t even say thanks
uh oh
woodpecker asked something of lion, he said no i already did the best thing for you didn’t eat you
hmm, don’t want to write about that
Penny-wise monkey. Image Source: TonyKinsey.
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